Martin Henkel and Ilia Bider demonstrated the teaching concept of Apprenticeship Simulation at the EDOC conference in Stockholm. Apprenticeship Simulation makes use of multi-media sources to present realistic cases that the student can work with. The concept is specially designed for teaching subjects which include both tacit and explicit knowledge, such as Enterprise Modelling (EM). As a part of the demonstration, a Case-Based Immersive Learning Environment used for teaching at Stockholm University was shown.
New book on participatory modeling
A new book on participatory enterprise modeling (EM) will come out later this summer.
This book is intended for anybody who wants to learn more about how to facilitate participatory modeling in practice and how to set up and carry out enterprise modeling projects. It does not require any in-depth knowledge about specific EM methods and tools, and can be used by students and lecturers for courses on participatory modeling, and by practitioners wanting to extend their knowledge of social and organizational topics to become an experienced facilitator and EM project manager.
J.Stirna, A.Persson: Enterprise Modeling: Facilitating the Process and the People, Springer, 2018, link
New book on capability management
A new book on capability management resulting from the work of the CaaS project will be available in June.
Sandkuhl K., Stirna J. (Eds.) Capability Management in Digital Enterprises, Springer, 2018
Research visit at University of Vienna
Researchers of IS Unit visited OMiLAB – research group of Prof. Dimitris Karagiannis at Institute Computer Science and Business Informatics, at the University of Vienna, Austria and BOC AG. Discussions on using ADOxx tool for 4EM, Capability Driven Development, and future of modeling.
Paper on Enterprise Architecture for Public Organizations published in International Journal of Information Management
In the paper, a generic architecture of how public organization handles cases is presented, along with a generic IT architecture. The architecture is based on a set of projects held together with Swedish public organizations.
Martin Henkel, Erik Perjons, Eriks Sneiders (2017) Examining the potential of language technologies in public organizations by means of a business and IT architecture model, International Journal of Information Management, Vol 37, Iss 1, pp 1507–1516.
EnRiMa Final Review held in Brussels
The 28 May, Janis and I went to the final review meeting of the FP7 EU project EnRiMa. The purpose of the EnRiMa project has been to reduce the energy consumption in public buildings by providing an innovative decision support system. During the review meeting the consortium demonstrated how the final system worked. Particular emphasis was put the systems integration with building management systems, making is possible for the system to control equipment installed in the building based on preferred indoor temperatures, weather forecasts and minimized energy consumption. Stockholm University has been the coordinator of the project, and has worked with the systems software and information architecture, graphical user interface and the evaluation of the system.
For further information on the project visit http://enrima-project.eu
Workshop: By Dan Csontos: How to publish in top ranked scientific journals
40 participants at Dr. Dan Csontos’ Workshop, PhD-students, and PhDs, all enthusiastic. Good discussions on how to get your paper through the editor’s gate with elegantly formulated cover letters. If that does not work – appeal if necessary. Moreover we discussed how to write informative titles, smart abstracts, and well structured papers and obtain the “flow” in the paper. As well as strategies for getting out mostly of the research and publish with high impacts and finally to get your paper understood by the reader.
New book in German on Enterprise Modeling
Kurt Sandkuhl, Matthias Wißotzki, Janis Stirna, Unternehmensmodellierung: Grundlagen, Methode und Praktiken, Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-31093-5, available on SpringerLink